Contemporary Citizenship Art and Visual Culture

<p>Taking citizenship as a political position cultural process and intertwining of both this edited volume examines the role of visual art and visual culture as sites for the construction and contestation of both state-sanctioned and cultural citizenships from the late 1970s to today. Contributors to this book examine an assortment of visual media--painting sculpture photography performance the built environment new media and social practice--within diverse and international communities such as the United States South Africa Turkey and New Zealand. Topics addressed include but are not limited to citizenship in terms of: nation building civic practices border zones transnationalism statelessness and affects of belonging as well as alternate forms of or resistance to citizenship.</p>